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Nearly half of all US adults say TV is the most acceptable place for advertising – a feeling that is consistent across all generations. Additionally, TV is the platform where they tend to pay attention to ads the most. That’s according to new research from Tenetic and CivicScience.

The publicly traded company led on a day-to-day basis by Albert Rodriguez that is the parent of WBLS and WQHT "HOT 97" in New York and the Estrella Media Hispanic market-focused radio and TV station licensee enjoyed a roughly $5 million year-over-year revenue gain in the second quarter.

It is a Class B AM with a companion FM translator that on July 1, 2024 went dark under Special Temporary Authority from the FCC as it became clear that Kermit Womack, aged 89, could no longer operate them independent of additional staff and expenses. Now, the facilities are heading to a new owner.

She officially became a FCC Commissioner in mid-June, yet there's already movement in the staff of Olivia Trusty. Specifically, she's welcoming two new people to her staff while making one permanent hire — as one individual is already saying farewell.

The owner of more radio stations in the U.S. than any other broadcast licensee has selected a woman with "deep expertise in ad tech and digital and mobile advertising" to serve in the newly created role of Chief Business Officer.

The digital multicast television network purveyor led on a day-to-day basis by President/COO Otto Padrón has secured a new Chief Financial Officer. And, like Padrón, he was formerly with Los Angeles-focused broadcast licensee Meruelo Media.

Audience, formerly known as Aptivada, is widely known as a promotions and contesting platform used by both broadcast radio and television stations across the U.S. A big platform update has just been revealed, and among the companies eager to take advantage of the changes is Gray Media.

A Class A FM serving Dauphin County, Pa., a rural portion of the Harrisburg DMA, as part of a "Bigfoot Country" trimulcast will soon be in the hands of a noncommercial religious broadcast ministry. That's according to a just-filed asset purchase agreement awaiting regulatory approval from the FCC.

In mid-April, RBR+TVBR shared details of the sale of an FM to Vic Michael by Sunbury Broadcasting Corp. Now, Michael is spinning this FM to the CCM behemoth that owns more noncommercial radio stations than any other U.S. broadcast licensee.

From Maricopa County to Maui and from Boca Raton to Jupiter, school is back in session. What will that mean for the quick-service restaurant brands that invested heavily on cable TV for the week ending August 10, now that many of their customers will be in classrooms and study halls?